I just counted.
There are still EIGHT contestants left on Survivor: Samoa.
This show's been on for 3 months.
Cheese Louise.
Also, I need to stop announcing who I'm rooting for. John the Rocket Scientist got voted off last night, in the 4th straight blindside of the season. There was so much strategizing last night, I have no idea how that happened. Guess they blindsided me too.
Last night's episode featured one of my favorite segments--the food/luxury auction. Every season, Jeff does the auction. Every season, about half the contestants just sit there and don't bid on anything. Before long, the auction ends and they come away with nothing. I don't get it. Why WOULDN'T you jump all over every item as soon as it comes up? That blonde who dropped $200 on a pb&j last night? Far as I'm concerned, she's the smartest one of the bunch. (Yeah, I still don't know her name.)
My other favorite feature of Survivor is the family reunions/letters/video messages from home. I cry every single time they do it. I'm tearing up right now remembering whatshisface proposing to whatsherface that one season. Sigh. I'm hoping it comes up soon.
Survivor's finale is set for Sunday, Dec. 20. Will Russell ever use his idol? Will Shambo ever stop talking to those chickens? Will I ever learn everybody's names? Stay tuned!
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Friday, December 4, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Survivor: Samoa: Who Are All These People?
Well, that was a disappointing Survivor.
I really liked Liz. I really liked Jaison. But Liz got voted out, and Jaison, arguably the fittest of the bunch, got "tired" right in the middle of a challenge and phoned the rest of it in. Lame!
I also like the rocket scientist. I forget his name. But now that my two favorites are gone (one physically, one mentally), he's all I have to hang on to.
Speaking of the rocket scientist, is anyone else finding a hard time keeping track of all the contestants? I could pick Shambo and Evil Russell out of a lineup. But the rest of the cast? They could be sitting right next to me, wearing their tribe buffs, plus name tags, and I still wouldn't know who they were.
I'm looking at a cast photo right now, and there remain (besides Shambo and Russell):
-Two blonde girls. I think one of them is named Courtney.
-Two handsome dark-haired guys, one of whom looks like Eli Manning (at least in the photo).
-A guy w/ a receding hairline who keeps his hair cropped short.
-A guy w/ shaggy long brown hair. Where did he come from?! I don't remember him AT ALL. Did he get voted out/injured and I didn't know it?
-Two dark haired girls. One of them is Laura (as I discovered only last night).
-Wait. I found a third handsome dark-haired guy.
Not that this season is boring or unmemorable. It seems Survivor can either be all about the contestants or all about the game. This season, it's all about the game. How lopsided it is with Galu stomping all over Foa Foa. How dangerous Samoa is that two men would get so ill, medical takes them out of the game before the season's even half over. How miserably cold and rainy it is for days on end. Yeah, let's not ever have another Survivor in Samoa.
Oh, wait. Next season (the 20th) is reportedly taking place in Samoa too, with an all-star cast. Well, never mind, then.
I really liked Liz. I really liked Jaison. But Liz got voted out, and Jaison, arguably the fittest of the bunch, got "tired" right in the middle of a challenge and phoned the rest of it in. Lame!
I also like the rocket scientist. I forget his name. But now that my two favorites are gone (one physically, one mentally), he's all I have to hang on to.
Speaking of the rocket scientist, is anyone else finding a hard time keeping track of all the contestants? I could pick Shambo and Evil Russell out of a lineup. But the rest of the cast? They could be sitting right next to me, wearing their tribe buffs, plus name tags, and I still wouldn't know who they were.
I'm looking at a cast photo right now, and there remain (besides Shambo and Russell):
-Two blonde girls. I think one of them is named Courtney.
-Two handsome dark-haired guys, one of whom looks like Eli Manning (at least in the photo).
-A guy w/ a receding hairline who keeps his hair cropped short.
-A guy w/ shaggy long brown hair. Where did he come from?! I don't remember him AT ALL. Did he get voted out/injured and I didn't know it?
-Two dark haired girls. One of them is Laura (as I discovered only last night).
-Wait. I found a third handsome dark-haired guy.
Not that this season is boring or unmemorable. It seems Survivor can either be all about the contestants or all about the game. This season, it's all about the game. How lopsided it is with Galu stomping all over Foa Foa. How dangerous Samoa is that two men would get so ill, medical takes them out of the game before the season's even half over. How miserably cold and rainy it is for days on end. Yeah, let's not ever have another Survivor in Samoa.
Oh, wait. Next season (the 20th) is reportedly taking place in Samoa too, with an all-star cast. Well, never mind, then.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Survivor: Samoa: Victory Goes to Foa Foa...and a Chicken
On last night's Survivor: Samoa, the hapless, heretofore winless tribe Foa Foa finally won an immunity competition!
I am so happy for the yellow team. Prior to their win, the tribes had been so mismatched that Galu had to sit out FOUR members of their team for the reward challenge earlier in the episode.
That reward challenge, by the way, was won by Galu. The prize: a couple of chickens. Shambo, who fancied herself a chicken whisperer by virtue of having lived on a farm, went over to make friends with the chickens, and one of them escaped and flew into a tree. Shambo's excuse: "I didn't know those chickens could fly."
And in case you wondered, nobody got the chicken down. As far as we know, she's living the high life (so to speak). Provided the recent tsunami didn't kill it. Go chicken!
I am so happy for the yellow team. Prior to their win, the tribes had been so mismatched that Galu had to sit out FOUR members of their team for the reward challenge earlier in the episode.
That reward challenge, by the way, was won by Galu. The prize: a couple of chickens. Shambo, who fancied herself a chicken whisperer by virtue of having lived on a farm, went over to make friends with the chickens, and one of them escaped and flew into a tree. Shambo's excuse: "I didn't know those chickens could fly."
And in case you wondered, nobody got the chicken down. As far as we know, she's living the high life (so to speak). Provided the recent tsunami didn't kill it. Go chicken!
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